crawl /krɒ:l/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) a very slow movement
• (n.) a swimming stroke; arms are moved alternately overhead accompanied by a flutter kick
• (n.) a slow mode of locomotion on hands and knees or dragging the body

Chinese translation

• n. 爬行, 匍匐而行, 养鱼池
• v. 爬行

Word details

Part of speech

verb

Pronunciation

/krɒ:l/

Syllables

1

Exam levels

CET-4 · CET-6 · Postgraduate exam · TOEFL · IELTS

Frequency

Zipf 3.77 · Super Rare

Word forms

crawled, crawling, crawls

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